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2 bicyclists killed in collision with car during annual bike ride in New Hampshire

Police are conducting a criminal investigation into a car crash that killed two cyclists after a driver plowed into them during an annual bike ride in Hampton, New Hampshire, the husband of one of the victims said Sunday.

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Updated: 9:17 AM EDT Sep 23, 2013

2 bicyclists killed in collision with car during annual bike ride in New Hampshire

Police are conducting a criminal investigation into a car crash that killed two cyclists after a driver plowed into them during an annual bike ride in Hampton, New Hampshire, the husband of one of the victims said Sunday.

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Updated: 9:17 AM EDT Sep 23, 2013

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WEBVTT NOBODY COVERS NEW HAMPSHIRE LIKE WE DO, IN HIGH DEFINITION. NOW WMUR NEWS 9 AT 6:00. IN ANNUAL BICYCLE RIDE TURNED TRAGIC TODAY AFTER A CAR SLAMMED INTO SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS. HUNDREDS OF BICYCLISTS WERE SAID TO CROSS THE UNDERWOOD BRIDGE TODAY IN THE CENTURY RIDE. THE RIDE TURNED TO DEADLY WHEN A DRIVER CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND HIT FOR PARTICIPANTS. TWO LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. NICK, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THE UNDERWOOD BRIDGE IS OPEN AFTER BEING CLOSED SIX HOURS TODAY. WITNESSES SAY THAT THE DRIVER HIT THE BICYCLISTS HAD ON, KILLING TWO HERE ON THE SCENE AND INJURING TWO OTHERS. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY. TRAGEDY ON THE STREETS OF HAMPTON AS A BICYCLISTS CROWD AT THE ROADWAY FOR A BIKE RIDE. SATURDAY MORNING QUICKLY ENDED WHEN THEY WERE HIT BY THIS CAR AT ABOUT 8:30. WITNESSES SAY THE SOUND AND SCREAMS ECHOED THROUGH THE AREA. FOR BICYCLISTS WERE HIT, TWO WERE KILLED. PAMELA WELLS AND ELISE BOUCHARD DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER TWO WERE HURT AND RECOVERING FROM NONLIFE BURNING INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, DARRIEN HESS OF SEABROOK WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. THE POLICE KNOW THAT HESS CROSSED THE LINE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ACROSS THE BRIDGE AS THE BICYCLES WERE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND. THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE LINE AND HIT THE BICYCLISTS. THE DRIVER THEN VEERED ONTO THIS PATH, TAKING DOWN SEVERAL SAFETY REFLECTORS AND THIS SIGN. THE BICYCLES ARE A PILE OF MANGLED METAL CRUSHED AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL, JUST FEET IN FRONT OF THE CRASH A SIGN WHEN HE DRIVERS TO BE CAREFUL OF CYCLISTS. THIS PERSON PARTICIPATED IN THE RIDE AND SAYS IT IS A BATTLE. THEY CUT US OFF AT INTERSECTIONS. THIS PERSON TRAVELS THE UNDERWOOD BRIDGE EVERYDAY. FOR HIM, THIS TRAGEDY WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. I WAS NOT THAT SURPRISED. THE BRIDGE IS VERY NARROW. I COULD SEE THIS HAPPENING. I JUST KNEW THE BRIDGE WAS NOT SAFE ENOUGH TO HAVE CYCLIST THEN CARS ALL AT ONCE. THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THEY SAY THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE

2 bicyclists killed in collision with car during annual bike ride in New Hampshire

Police are conducting a criminal investigation into a car crash that killed two cyclists after a driver plowed into them during an annual bike ride in Hampton, New Hampshire, the husband of one of the victims said Sunday.